Tray attachment.



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arena Geenen n. ERNEST', 'on OLD Ponen, NEW vomi. l

spcification-of Letters Patent.

Patented oet. 5, i909.

Application fliednovemter 5, 1908. serial No. 461,133.

Be it known that I, GEORGE R. ERNEST, a

citizen of the United States of America, and

ily be applied to anddetached from any por' tion of a chair, table or the like. .By meansv of a swivel joint or bracket forming part of the attachment the tray is horizontally-movablene'arly inthe entire circlewhich it 'de-- scribes. Y Thus the `tray may be extended from thechair or table when it is desired to use it andmay be 'shifted under sameiwhen not .in u'se so that it is out -of the way. Ac-

cordingly the tray attachment with the trayis a great convenience.A Various styles of.

trays may be suspended in orsecured to the attachment so as to render it useful for various purposes.' When the tray i's attached to a smokers chair, a rather deep receiver gives best service. At a card or players table each player may use an-attachment, which then is provided with a semi-spherical tray suitable for coinorchips. For buttons, pins and the llike,`a "fiat tray Vmay be preferable in an attachment for domestic purposes secured, for instance, -to a sewing table orsewing machine.

I n addition to the manifold -applicationof I the tray attachment it has been sought to' akeep the cost Aof production low by siin` plicity in construction. l

Y The attachment consists practically ofbut two parts, whereby liability to derangement is reduced and it hasfbeen attempted to produce a 'neat article, ally as will be fully describedfhereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawing, infwhich:

Figure 1- represents in perspective view,

a tray attachmentL with trayv as applied, .embodying in desirable form the present iin 'provements l'1`ig.'2 illustrates the'attachment in' top'fplan view with the swivel bracket at right-angle to the attachment proper. Fig. 3 shows the-attachment in a strai ht line with,ash receiver suspended therein. Fig. 4 shows in section, part of `the attachment with tray for chips or coin, and

` like.

'.Fig. .represents an attachment with modied tray '-receiver.

ySimilar characters. of reference denote like parts in all the figures.

lnthel drawingA representsa spring clip made of spring metal sheeting preferably in the form shown in Figs. l and 3. lThe spring clip isv usually made of o'ne continuons strip of metal sheeting'which is bent softhat the. twol portions composing it are parallel to cey each other, open on one side` and closed on the other. y its lower portion a extends somewhat below the lower portion A of theclp while the upper-portion A2 is flush' with the end 0f the bend. 'A swivel .bracket B is movably secured to the lower portion A ofthe clip near the ,open end Vof saine.

elastic. The swivel vjoint B maybe o f any vapproved construction but is arranged-on thelowe'r sideof the-clip portion A leaving the upper surface of said clip portion'smooth. The tray C is loosely -suspended in the tray rc- The bend a is semi-circular but,

The bracket BV is foi-ined, opposite to its secured end in'to a tray receiver I), see Figs. 1 to 4. This trayreceiver usually is of circular form, its endv -ZJ however, does not -quite. extend tothe `bracket B in order to` make it somewhat ceiveinb so as to allow ofremoving its con tents when desired, for instance, cigar ashes, in which instance a rather deep tray or ash receiver is employedas shown in Figs.. 1 and 3. For coinand chips a nearlysemispherical tray Cis vpreferably inserted inv the tray receiver, as shown in Fig. 4.

In prder' to render it possible .to insert vthe usual, flat elongated trays, a modified form of tray receiv'er'is shown in Fig.. 5.

- In this instance thev free end .of the swivel vbracketlB' is bifurcated vand the elongated -tra'y'C2 inserted between the portions b2, b3

ofpthereceiver'.

The operation of the device is very'simple; After the tray .has been inserted the spring clip is forced onto any portion of atable, chair -or' seat of'any kind inthe manner shown in Fig. l. The attachment is tightly held in that position by means of the spring clip but may easily be removed when desired. By Vmeans of the swivel joint and bracket the tray. may be horizontally moved so that it is located, at either side of the spring clip and extends beyond the table, chair or the After having been used the tray is pushed under the portion of a' table or chair to which the attachment has been secilred, it

is then out of' the way and none of its contents is spilled or lost.

I claim as my invention: e

l. In a detachable tray attachment in com binaton, a spring clip having,` Straight parallel members open at the innerend ,a bracket movably pivoted to the lower member' of the spring cli near its inner end both forming aswivel ]oint, and a receiver for the tray formed lintegrally with the swivel bracket.

2. In a detachable tray attachment in combination, a spring clip having straight paallel members open at the inner end and'forming a semi-circular. bend at the opposite end whose lower portion extends somewhat below the lower member of the spring clip, a brac et`pivoted to the lower member of said clip near its inner end from below leaving the inner surface of said member smooth and forming a swivel joint therewith, and a receiver for the tray formed on the swivel bracket.

3. A detachable tray attachment comprising a spring Clip .a bracket pivotetl to the lower portion of Ithe 'clip near its inner open Aend both forminga swivel. joint, and a receiver for the tray formed on said bracket inA combination` with a tray located in the tray receiver. 4' i Signed at Old Eorge, N. Y., this 30th day of October, 1908.

` GEORGE R. ERNEST. Witnesses:

H.J. ABBOTT, C. H. LOBBETT. 

